Fresh
Lacking in subtlety and nuance, Broomfield's nerve-jangling movie nonetheless succeeds in showing the war from various vantage points. And from wherever one's standing, the view is profoundly disturbing.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Battle for Haditha
There are many ways to see the same story
2007 · 1h 37m · R
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Directed by
Nick Broomfield
Overview
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.
Director and cast
- Nick Broomfield Director
- Matthew Knoll as Cpl. Matthews
- Elliott Ruiz as Cpl. Ramirez
- Eric Mehalacopoulos as Sgt. Ross
- Nathan De La Cruz as Cpl. Marcus
- Andrew McLaren as Capt. Sampson
- Jase Willette as Pfc. Cuthbert
- Thomas Hennessy as Doc
- Falah Abraheem Flayeh as Ahmad
- Yasmine Hanani as Hiba
- Duraid A. Ghaieb as Rashied
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Films about the Iraq war continue to come and, I hope, will keep coming. Among the most recent, The Battle for Haditha is especially notable.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
It might just be the movie this war has been waiting for.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh
Unsubtle but gripping, Battle For Haditha illustrates how a military that treats every man, woman, and child as a potential enemy can soon find that such thinking constitutes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Fresh
In Battle for Haditha the British filmmaker Nick Broomfield revisits a wretched chapter of the war in Iraq.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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